Arlindo Chissale, the editor of Pinnacle News who was detained last Friday on terrorism charges in Cabo Delgado, will be released but face lesser charges over his claim to be a journalist

The biggest donation, of €60m, supports education reforms, while there is also €35m for 'resilience' in Mozambique's northern provinces, and €18.2m for Mozambique's National Control Centre for Energy

A new Political Commission was elected at the Frelimo Congress in Matola on 27 September - with some suspected presidential hopefuls missing out, while Celso Correia got in

Frelimo's 12th 5-yearly Congress kicked off today, amid feverish speculation over Nyusi's plans for his, and the party's, future

Small-scale mining seen as a route to economic inclusion in Cabo Delgado, but the province's biggest miner warns rubies don't lend themselves to 'artisanal' mining

Sep Borrell says first LNG shipment to leave for Europe 'within days', and that EU financing should be made available for Rwanda's as well as the SADC's military deployments in Mozambique

A court battle between two Chinese companies has exposed the political influence of a company believed to be a major source of funds for Mozambique’s ruling party

Mozambique's energy and mineral resources ministry is now headed by a petroleum specialist, with an electricity and renewables specialist as his deputy

Frelimo's Central Committee starts a three-day meeting today amid tensions over Filipe Nyusi's alleged aim of remaining president of Mozambique for another five-year term

By Piers Pigou, for the Cabo Ligado February 2022 monthly report, published in full here…